What to See in Lake Oswego - Top Sights and Attractions

The Rogerson Clematis Garden is a botanical garden located at Luscher Farm Park near Lake Oswego, Oregon. The garden is roughly 1-acre in size and is home to the Rogerson Clematis Collection, a Nationally Accredited Plant Collection consisting of more than 2,000 individual clematis plants. It represents nearly 900 distinct species or cultivars from around the world, including rare and historic hybrids, American species, and recent introductions.^[1]

Temple in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The Portland Oregon Temple is a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located on 7 acres of land near the intersection of Highway 217 and I-5 in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The temple's architecture features six white spires and a white marble exterior accented with green marble trim and topped with a green slate roof. It is 80,500 square feet in area, with four ordinance rooms and fourteen sealing rooms.^[2]

Lake in Oregon. Oswego Lake is a lake in Clackamas County, Oregon that is completely surrounded by the city of Lake Oswego. Though the lake is naturally occurring, it has been significantly altered because of the concrete dam that has increased its size to 431.7 acres. The United States Geological Survey records the official name as Lake Oswego and, because of its artificially increased size, classifies it as a reservoir. To distinguish it from the city, however, the lake is usually called Oswego Lake.^[3]

The Oregon Iron Company Furnace, or Oswego Iron Furnace, is an iron furnace used by the Oregon Iron Company, in Lake Oswego, Oregon's George Rogers Park, in the United States. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and underwent a major renovation in 2010.^[4]

Bridge. The Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge is a truss railroad bridge that spans the Willamette River between Lake Oswego, Oregon and Oak Grove, Oregon. Owned by the Union Pacific Railroad, it is currently leased by the Portland and Western Railroad.^[5]

Nonprofit. The Art Gym is a nonprofit, noncollecting contemporary arts exhibition space at Marylhurst University in Marylhurst, Oregon near Portland, United States. The Art Gym is devoted to the artwork of the Pacific Northwest supporting retrospectives, mid-career surveys, experimental, and large-scale exhibitions. Since 1980, The Art Gym, has shown the work of more than 300 artists, produced more than 80 exhibition catalogs, and sponsored numerous artist roundtables and public forums.^[6]

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The Lake Oswego Odd Fellows Hall, in Lake Oswego, Oregon, was built in 1890. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It served historically as a meeting hall of the local Independent Order of Odd Fellows chapter, which formed in 1888. It also has served as a specialty store and in other uses.

The 31 feet (9.4 m) by 60 feet (18 m) building is one of the oldest in Lake Oswego.^[7]

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